Improvement in fruit-bag



Fruit Bag.

Patented April 28, 1868.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

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IMPROVEMENT IN FRUIT-BAG'.

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Be it known that I, W.v I. LUJDLOW, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga, aud Stateof Ohio, have invented a new and improved Fruit-Bag; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved fruit-bag when it is in position to be filled.

Figure 2 is a similar view of the same, showing it discharged.

Figure 3 is a. detail perspective view, showing a. modification in the construction of some parts.

Similar letters of reference indicate'eorresponding parts. v

This invention relates to a. new fruit-bag, which is so arranged that it can be filled on a tree, andemptied into n. b arrel or other suitable receptacle bythe person gathering the fruit, not requiring the nid of a second person to discharge it. i

The invention 'consists in the use of a bag or receptacle, of suitable construction, provided with a bail, and connected at its Aunder side with a rope or string, on which a. double hook is secured.

When the bail is hung in the hook, and the latter secured to the branch of a tree, the bag is suspended and ready to he filled. Whenilled, the hook is released from the branch, and the bag is lowered from the tree bymeans of the rope, which is still connected with the bail. As soon as the bottom of the bag touches the ground or the interior of a barrel, the rope can be slackened, and its hook will thereby be released from the bail, and when, then, the rope is drawn up, it will turn the -bag over, being attached tothe under side of the same, and will draw it up bottom up, thereby completely emptying it.

A represents a bag, basket, or other suitable receptacle, provided withv a bail, B.- O is a rope or cord, secured with one end to the under side of' the bag. D is a double hook, fastened in the middle to the cord C, so that its lower hook,` a,`can be fitted under` the hail to suspend the bag, whilevits upper hook, In, is laid over thc branch of a tree, as is clearly shown in iig. 1. y

rlhe bag when thus sus ended is ready to be lled.

Instead of the double hook D, a hook, E, may be used, having an eye, e, at its lower end, as shown in -iig. 2, in which case. a hook, d, is formed on the bail B. The bag can thus also b e suspended from the hook.

When the bag is filled, the rope C is pulled upwards by the party on the tree; thereby releasing.` the hook o from thc branch of the tree. The bag is then lowered. As soon as it touches the ground, the rope will be slaekened, so that the hook a or eye c will be discharged by its own weight from the bail. l

When, then, the rope is drawn up, it will turn the bag over, as shown in iig. 2, and will empty it completely. 'lhus the whole operation of lling and discharging the bag can be performed by the party on the tree without the nid of any person on the ground.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The bag or vessel A, when provided witlia bail, B, and when connected at its under side with a rope or cord, C, to which a double hook, D, or its equivalent, E, is attached, all made' and operating substantially as herein shown and described.

W. I. LUDLOW.

Witnesses:

A. iV. BnInsnN, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

